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Oh my god this movie's hilarious


So it starts out kinda courtroom drama-ish, Oldman's character's pretty good, kind of Patrick Bateman like but not to that extent, but as a defense lawyer who gets people off for violent crimes via sleazy lawyer tactics. It's not bad so far. But then the tone shifts suddenly to a slasher film kind of vibe with all these over the top chase scenes with all the cliches in the book like crazy wind driven rain, frantic running with heavy breathing, shaky cam...this is when it gets hilarious as they're trying to make it so intense and it's just laughable. Then they go back to the Pat Bateman stuff rather quickly, then later back to more "intense" chase scenes. But then also later he's like driving around town like some gumshoe, putting the pieces together to solve a mystery...

Oh man, this movie is cracking me up!

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